Roger's 1957 APBA Replay

Week 10 is in the books and it was quite a week. Only Chicago (NL) hasn’t reached the 60 games-played mark yet and there will be several teams at the 70 games-played mark by the end of Week 11. This will be another busy week and it will end with six doubleheaders thus coming Sunday.   1957 St. Louis Cardinals There were a lot of big happenings this week, the most notable being that the White Sox went into Baltimore and lost three consecutive games and then went to New York and lost three more before ending their losing streak at six games. Now, all of a sudden, Chicago has several competitors nipping at their heels and their winning percentage, which has been over .800 for much of the early season, is now below .700. Detroit, New York, and Boston are all eager to take advantage of the White Sox troubles and continue to have their eyes on the prize.   St. Louis Manager Fred Hutchinson In the NL, upstart Pittsburgh went into St. Louis for a four-game series with intentions of tak

  Monday, June 17, 1957 Transaction List:   Cleveland catcher Jim Hegan was injured (?) on 06/16/1957 and did not return to play until 07/19/1957   Brooklyn pitcher Johnny Podres was injured (?) on 06/16/1957 and did not return to the mound until 07/05/1957. Brooklyn infielder Don Zimmer was injured (?) on 06/16/1957 and did not return to play until 06/27/1957   Baltimore outfielder Jim Pyburn made his final major league appearance on 06/16/1957   Washington third baseman Eddie Yost was injured (?) on 06/16/1957 and did not return to play until 07/07/1957   Boston shortstop Billy Consolo returned to play on 06/18/1957 following his injury (?) of 06/05/1957   Milwaukee outfielder Wes Covington was recalled from Wichita before 06/18/1957. Milwaukee outfielder John DeMerit made his major league debut on 06/18/1957. DeMerit had been signed as a Bonus Baby on 05/26/1957   Cincinnati infielder Bobby Henrich returned to play on 06/18/1957 following his i